Just in case there are support requests or whatever ... I reset the private_roster field just now, and sent out the email to all the owners.
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:55:12 +0100 From: Sylvain Beucler <b...@gnu.org> To: Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> Cc: savannah-hackers-public@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] private_roster = public? On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:36:29PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote: > There are about 350 lists on lists.gnu.org which have the private_roster > field set to "anyone", meaning the subscriber list is publicly viewable > on the web to anyone at all, not just list members or administrators. > For instance, see the "Visit Subscriber List" button on > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard. > > I can't think of any reason why this is desirable today; I suspect it's > simply because it was the default at one time in the past. > > Therefore I propose to change all those lists (to have private_roster > set to "list members only") and write all the owners, offering to change > it back if that's really what they wanted. > > Sound ok? Hi, It sounds ok for me if the maintainers are notified as you suggested.
